New Release 5.1.0
This release is primarily targeted at improving the validation performance of Sapling and Orchard transactions as well as an incremental
ECC Transparency Report for Q4 2021
This Electric Coin Co. transparency report details company income, expenses, and use of funds during Q4 2021.
Manian joins Bootstrap Board of Directors
Bootstrap and its subsidiary Electric Coin Co. (ECC) are pleased to announce the newest Bootstrap board member, Zaki Manian. Manian
Proof of Stake: Approach, focus, and next steps
As we described in our initial blog on Proof-of-Stake Research, we are releasing updates to the Zcash community as we
Not private enough: Mixers and decoys won’t protect you for long
I often hear people say that tools like mixers or using fresh addresses for every crypto transaction are sufficient privacy
Perspectives on why NU5 is a historic step forward for human society
Zcash’s Network Upgrade 5 was announced a few days ago. It includes a number of technical improvements to the protocol
NU5 activates on mainnet, eliminating trusted setup and launching a new era for Zcash
NU5, the first major upgrade since November 2020, includes the launch of the Orchard shielded payment protocol, utilizing the Halo
Zcash Proof-of-Stake Research
In August, ECC shared its rationale for moving Zcash from a proof-of-work consensus mechanism to proof-of-stake.
BOSL exceptions added for Zcash projects and friendly forks
When ECC announced the release of zcashd 5.0.0, we indicated our intent to add two general exceptions to the BOSL
ZSAs and Zcash Economics
Over the last 10 months, ECC published a series of blog posts on our work exploring Zcash Shielded Assets (ZSAs),
New Release 5.0.0
The 5.0.0 release supports NU5 activation on mainnet, which will occur at a block height of 1687104 (May 31st), following
New Release 4.7.0
Release 4.7.0 marks a major milestone on the path to NU5.
